Marquez retains upper hand over Pedrosa

Repsol Honda's Marc Marquez continues to hog the top spot at the private MotoGP test at the new Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, after the final morning session of the thee-day shakedown.

Rookie Marquez improved his time by half a second from Wednesday on the RC213V with a best lap in 2m 03.357s keeping him ahead of team-mate Dani Pedrosa, who knocked a tenth of a second off his Wednesday best to post a lap in 2m 03.898s.